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Halloween is officially over and it is now fall (Christmas time for some)! This means the dark, earthy tones are coming out and the matte topcoat is ready to play. If you say it’s now Christmas time and you skip right past Thanksgiving, that’s ok too, there will be some holiday nails and sparkles coming soon.

As an indecisive person, this is going to be my go-to article to look at for the rest of this season, so hopefully it doesn’t take me 30 minutes to pick a nail color every time. I hope you enjoy these colors/designs and pick one of them at your next appointment (or the next time you do your nails if you are a DIY queen)!

Browns

For my neutral nail people, this one is for you. There are so many different shades of brown/nude so you can find one that you like for your skin tone. If you want to try them all, you also could do a gradient across your nails.

Reds and purples

Your red and purples don’t have to be as bright as in the spring. Here is a cozy purple and an eggplant purple that you could love. When it comes to red- a maroon or cherry cola shade would be gorgeous!

@emmaabrielle

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greens

There are a few shades you can choose when it comes to green. Hunter green, olive green, and emerald green would all be hits this season.

glitters

This is for my glitter gals in the holiday season. I feel like you can never go wrong with a glitter nail (as I’m writing this I have hot pink glittery nails). You can never go wrong with a sparkle for Christmas!

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chrome

Chrome has been killing the nail trends recently and I have been loving them. There are Mocha Glazed, Cherry Glazed, Dirty Martini, etc. that would be perfect for fall.

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colored tips

I saw some super cute lavender and spring tips, but this season make it fall colors. Here are some examples of colors you could use for fall:

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Aura

These have been trending for a bit now but you can do them will fall colors as well. Also DIY friendly with some eyeshadow.

Tortoise

I have seen these all over Tiktok and they look so cool covering the whole nail or as a tortoise shell french tip.

@rachelglamm

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dark teal

I think this might be my choice for my next appointment. I love this dark teal color and think it looks great on everyone.

snake print

You can not tell me these don’t look amazing! There also are a bunch of color combos you could create with this design. This is something you could do yourself as well.

@phoebesummernails

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โ™ฌ IT GIRL (Sped up Version) – Aliyah’s Interlude
Two tones

This was popular over the summer and it’s coming back for fall. One hand is one color, and the other hand is another color. In my head, I was thinking colors like this video, but with darker or more muted colors.

Fall nail Designs

If you want to add some pizzazz to your next set here are some examples for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Thanksgiving: Leaves, Turkey, Flannel/Plaid, Sweater pattern, Checkered, (Orange) Flowers, etc.

Christmas: Bows, Gifts, Snowflakes, Santa, Reindeer, Candy canes, Lights, Trees, etc.

Halee Decker is a first year chapter member at the Her Campus at TAMU chapter. She is part of the Public Relations Committee and very excited to take part in PR and writing for HerCampus about all beauty, lifestyle, and trends. Beyond Her Campus, Halee is currently a senior at Texas A&M University, majoring in Education - Middle Grades Math and Science. At the moment she is doing her student teaching in a science classroom (even though she wanted to teach math! Now she's leaning towards science). She has worked various jobs, but over the summer she loved to work at a summer camp as a summer camp counselor! She also is part of a sorority here at TAMU, loves the color pink, Taylor swift (she was born on the 13th too so she feels it was meant to be), going out to dinner with her friends, and playing volleyball. Halee also likes to create content for her own social media and be able to share about everything she loves lately.